Trump looked at the diplomatic roadmap the dweebs at Foggy Bottom have been following for the last 30-40 years and decided that it didn't work.

So he plotted his own brand of diplomacy.Of course the diplomatic eggheads and smarmy media pundits called Trump's methods idiotic.

And here we are:

The above video is posted at the NBC News page on You Tube of all places.

I bet some of the NBC/CNBC/MSNBC pundits are all thinking this is still part of one bad dream.

Trump does deserve credit for this.

Nobel Prize for Trump.

We shall see.

If this initiative by Trump results is steps such as the denuclearization of North Korea, a true peace treaty finally ending the Korean War, limiting their ballistic missiles, and drawing North Korea out of the shadows and into the modern world then he truly will deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.

I don't want him to win the award simply for arranging a meeting and shaking hands on stage with the North Korean leader (although that is still more than what President Obama did to win his award).

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Only way to be SURE North Korea is "denuclearized" is to remove the regime. I don't see that happening.

Short of that: they got a whole country in which to play cat-and-mouse games with inspectors, and they are famous for being "the mole people," i.e., miles and miles of tunnels in which whole Divisions can be "hidden."

Some real turds have got im in the past: arafat and o'bama offhand. Prolly not a goal of president Trump.

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Bringin 'em to the table, cash offers in hand. Finally a proper business negotiator with American priorities.

Trump ready to impose tariffs on about $50 billion in Chinese goods: official

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“The first choice is cooperation and mutual benefit. The other choice is confrontation and mutual loss. China chooses the first,” Wang said. “We hope the U.S. side can also make the same wise choice. Of course, we have also made preparations to respond to the second kind of choice.”

The move toward imposing U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods follows negotiations between U.S. and Chinese officials centered on increased purchases by Beijing of American farm and energy commodities and cutting the U.S. trade deficit with China.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross this month met Chinese officials in Beijing and brought back a Chinese proposal to buy around $70 billion worth of additional commodities and manufactured goods. But that offer has not been accepted by Trump, people familiar with the matter said.

Wang said the two countries had agreed to use “constructive means” to handle disagreements.

Pompeo said the U.S. deficit with China was still too high, but that they had good talks.

“I stressed how important it is for President Trump to rectify that situation so that trade becomes more balanced, more reciprocal and more fair, with the opportunity to have American workers be treated fairly,” he said.

What the Chinese really need to reform is their requirement that the state hold 51% of all foreign business ventures. That is the hammer they use to demand trade secrets (the ones they haven't stolen by spying).

They also need to reduce auto tariffs. Tesla and Kia and Toyota and even Cadillac Escalades would kick their Little Yellow Asses.

Simply buying more agricultural products is not a structural change. Even so, it is simply inarguable that Trump has accomplished more in 500 days than the last 28 years of presidencies.

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